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New comment by nathanaldensr in "Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers"

nathanaldensr — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:30:40 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV3pYZZ2jEw

New comment by nathanaldensr in "The memory shortage is causing a repricing of consumer electronics"

nathanaldensr — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:18:21 +0000

Antitrust has been dead for decades. It spans administrations and parties.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Hershey Bets on Agentic AI to Rethink $2B in Marketing Spend"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 18 May 2026 13:42:45 +0000

Waste and grift.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:25:55 +0000

Not everyone characterizes AI as "liberation from toil," and many are skeptical that any "equitable distribution of benefits" will occur in the first place. That's the point.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"

nathanaldensr — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:44:52 +0000

Last time I looked into this, you really couldn't in a reasonably simple way. It was possible between two users, but more than two just caused issues with syncing.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "The Dating App Swipe Is Dying. What Comes Next May Be Worse"

nathanaldensr — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:09:13 +0000

This does absolutely nothing to address the underlying social, economic, and ideological reasons why new relationship formation is struggling so much, especially with Gen Z. It's not a technological problem, in other words.

I won't go into my personal explanations here as I'll just be downvoted into oblivion (there are other forums for that discussion) but I will say this: without men and women having reasons to be in relationships--especially long-term reasons--then relationships won't happen. It's proving easier to get our needs met outside of relationships.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 11 May 2026 13:14:16 +0000

It's not about actual security; it's about the appearance of it. It allows CTOs and such to check a box to say "Why yes, our vendor is secure! Look at all their claims! Look at how many other companies use them!" That's it. Safety in numbers for clueless CTOs.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Hckrnews.com Cert Expired (Again)"

nathanaldensr — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:49:43 +0000

Just noticed this myself. Whoops!

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:56:33 +0000

What's wrong is a society full of people who are avoidantly attached and full of trauma.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were"

nathanaldensr — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:04:58 +0000

Millennials on the whole are incredibly neurotic about all kinds of things. Why that is is a matter of debate.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "How to be anti-social – a guide to incoherent and isolating social experiences"

nathanaldensr — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:59:47 +0000

That's not empathy, though. The word "empathy" has been co-opted to mean "understanding someone else's point of view," but that's not what empathy is. Empathy is feeling others' feelings. I'm actually empathetic in that I sometimes experience an emotional response (limbic) similar to an intense emotional response I witness others having, especially if they're a person close to me. This is very different than making a conscious attempt (prefrontal cortex) at intellectual understanding of someone's emotions.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

nathanaldensr — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:48:26 +0000

Unfortunately, housing is not merely treated as a cost issue for most people. Where we live is a social and even spiritual experience. We're not bugs that mindlessly perform our economic duty and then return to our hole. We're human beings who like space, freedom, and the ability to control our surroundings.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their"

nathanaldensr — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:16:27 +0000

Taking money from the devil on one hand, protesting evil with the other. Make it make sense. "Rules for me but not for thee."

New comment by nathanaldensr in "The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason"

nathanaldensr — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:28 +0000

Yes.

"There are already foxes in the hen house, but we'll ban new foxes from entering!"

New comment by nathanaldensr in "Hungary's Viktor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Election"

nathanaldensr — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:01:05 +0000

> HN has a large enough MAGA contingent that believes by not talking about it the world will hold off a little longer from bringing down their idol.

No. You're projecting. You're one of those types that sees politics in everything--that wants politics in everything. Some of us, me included, flag political stories not because of our beliefs but because we'd rather HN not become Reddit, or the countless other spaces that have been perniciously and intentionally invaded by "always politics, all the time" people.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

nathanaldensr — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:51:49 +0000

Exactly. Like most "growth hackers," they assume that our attention is their resource to consume, and we should all be grateful for the privilege of making them rich.

No thanks. I reject this as the abusive practice and mentality that it is.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

nathanaldensr — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:50:25 +0000

You're asking for others to take abuse on your behalf because your needs are more important than theirs. You're abusive. Stop coping and admit the truth. You're part of the problem but wrapping it in victimhood.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

nathanaldensr — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:48:07 +0000

I've noticed the same. Companies are disguising what are obviously marketing, advertising, or promotional content as "transactional." Experian is probably the most famous of these offenders. They send "transactional" emails every month that can't be opted out of when they notice changes in my credit file (everyone's credit file changes every month almost by definition!) It's scummy, intentional, and IMO breaking the law.

New comment by nathanaldensr in "US plans to automatically register young men for military draft"

nathanaldensr — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:48:45 +0000

I wish this were hyperbolic. Sadly, the memes have become reality (was it always reality?)

New comment by nathanaldensr in "A whole civilization might die tonight"

nathanaldensr — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:52:29 +0000

The question isn't what must be done; look to the very founding of the United States for wisdom on that topic. The only question is, do people have the collective courage to do it?